Keele World Affairs

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[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

A beached whale lies dead on the waterfront in #COP29 host city Baku, against the backdrop of the "Flame Towers" that symbolise Azerbaijan's fossil fuel resources

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

Food for thought…..

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

If it can be proved that
it's not genocide
that would be a huge relief.
It would mean that it's only
a huge massacre,
mass killing
and widespread slaughter
In which case
it would be OK.

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

@shashj How are journalists and academics going to respond when these choices are confirmed and policy enacted?

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

Folllowing on from @Dr_Jon_Parker visit last month….
@KeeleUniversity

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Just a quick note to international reporters: Trump does not actually appoint his cabinet as a prime minister would. Most of these people need Senate approval. So it’s wrong to describe them as though their appointment has already taken place. Now, Trump is trying to circumvent that process, and it’s unclear that Senators will do their job and block the obvious traitors and misfits. But that’s another issue.

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

On Nov. 10, Israeli authorities blocked, without explanation, the medical evacuation of eight children and their caretakers from Gaza who are in need of medical care, including a two-year-old with leg amputations, to the MSF hospital in Jordan. We strongly denounce this decision.

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

Europe has been made aware…….

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

German MPs have been briefed by the Federal Civil Protection Agency that if Ukraine crumbles within the next 6 months, millions of Ukrainians will head West. The official estimate: 10 million, 2 of them to Germany. Unofficial: up to 18 million, 3-4 million to Germany 1/

[TERI @teriin]

.@DrVibhaDhawan, Director General, TERI, engaged in a dynamic conversation with @AdairTurnerUK, Chair, @ETC_energy, about the global path to #energytransition. She highlighted TERI’s ongoing work and shared insights on how both organizations can collaborate to accelerate #sustainablechange.

#TERIatCOP29 #COP29 #PartnershipForSustainability #SustainableDevelopment #EnergyTransition #SustainableFuture

[ADAM @AdameMedia]

Israel blew up the historic Grand Mosque, the oldest Mosque in Gaza.

This was built in 1291. 657 years before the Rothschilds invented modern day Israel.

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

The current state of politics in many places currently…..? Where will it lead us to? Why is Israel’s war creating so many geopolitical challenges for so many….?
Time for ‘that’ discussion to take place in many parliaments?

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Guys, finally… A Dutch official with the balls to condemn the Zionists thugs in Amsterdam

Listen 🔈

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

The hypocrisy of criticising *your own policies*…. #Immigrationpolicy

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

@doctor_oxford Said very similar in a recent email to my MP…..

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Trump has just appointed this woman Director of National Intelligence. A pro-Russian, pro-Putin mouthpiece. To remind you the UK shares intelligence with the US. Worse than worst case scenario.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Just the most astounding couple of paragraphs.

Pure oligarchy territory.

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

A little fact checking, for clarity…..

https://t.co/10PF5R0jMZ

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

Reading this and thinking about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and discovering a player who played a key role in that withdrawal. What next for the US…..?

https://t.co/XwGqhvA2NI

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

Following on from our meeting with @BuxtonJulia ….the rapid rise of the darknet drug industry…..
@TransformDrugs

Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings: the rapid rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry https://t.co/jrf04lWAnt

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

Standing ovation in Berlin as Yuval Abraham speaks of Germany’s “shameful” abuse of the term antisemitism and its own historical responsibility

[Dr. Annelle Rodriguez Sheline @AnnelleSheline]

Over the past year, officials resigned from across the Biden Administration in protest of the President's immoral, illegal, and harmful policies towards Gaza and Palestine/Israel more broadly.

Today, on the eve of the expiration of the letter Secretaries Blinken and Austin sent to Israel warning of implications under U.S. law if humanitarian assistance is not allowed to flow into Gaza, we release our final message to President Biden.

With Josh Paul, @Harrison_J_Mann, @tariqhabash_, Hala Rharrit, @LGreenbergCall, Alexander Smith, Stacy Gilbert, Riley Livermore, @mm_hassanein, and me.

[Keele World Affairs @KeeleWorldA4rs]

In case you were wondering…..
@sustfuturekeele @jrhopkin @isabelhilton @ResponsibleSci @WanderingGaia @karla_hill @Dr_Jon_Parker

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

So, what does the re-election of Donald Trump mean for climate change?

We can make some educated guesses based on his first term, his campaign, and the expressed wishes of his allies.

A few of my thoughts as a thread. 🧵

[The Third Pole @third_pole]

🌍 As #COP29 begins in Baku, a persistent issue remains: men continue to dominate climate negotiation spaces.

Did you know, at #COP28 last year, women represented only 34% of party delegates and 19% of heads of delegation?

✍️ @shalineekumari_ reports:
https://t.co/hwkluZZCMp